One8 Cricket Shoes: Virat Kohli's Cover Drive 18 Range
One8 is Virat Kohli's own performance label, and Cover Drive 18 is its cricket footwear line, co-created with Kohli and built around three words the brand keeps coming back to: balance, footwork and firepower. It is unapologetically a batting spike. Everything in the sole and upper is aimed at the player who plants, twists and turns hard for the second run.
At TopCricketStore we stock genuine One8 cricket footwear and ship it from our warehouse in Edison, New Jersey, so there is no import wait and no customs paperwork. Free shipping on orders over $100 anywhere in the USA.
Which One8 Cricket Shoe Should You Buy?
- In stock now: One8 Cover Drive 18 Pro - Metal Spikes, Jersey White / Sonic Blue, $199.99, in US 10, US 11 and US 13. Turf only.
- Also in the One8 range: the Cover Drive 18 X, which shares the same sole unit, Sonic Foam midsole and PWR+LCK heel as the Pro and differs mainly in colourway. We list One8 models here as stock lands, so check back or ask us about a size we are not showing.
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The One8 Cover Drive 18 Pro we stock is the metal spike version. Metal spikes are for natural grass outfields and natural turf wickets only. Most club cricket in the USA is played on matting or artificial turf, where metal spikes are prohibited, damage the surface and slide dangerously on hard ground.
- Natural turf wicket and grass outfield: metal spikes. Browse all cricket metal spike shoes.
- Matting, artificial turf, indoor or hard tennis-ball cricket: rubber studs. Browse all cricket rubber spike shoes.
Check your league's regulations before wearing metal spikes. If you play on more than one surface, the four convertible heel spikes on the Cover Drive 18 give you some adjustment, but they do not turn a metal-spike shoe into a matting shoe.
One8 is a batting-first brand with a single, focused range. If you need a wider choice of bowling spikes, junior sizes or budget club shoes, these are worth comparing:
- ASICS cricket shoes - the widest range we carry, with dedicated bowling and all-rounder models.
- Adidas cricket shoes - strong on lightweight batting spikes and full-cut bowling shoes.
- Puma cricket shoes - the other major India-facing brand, including the 22 FH range.
- Junior cricket shoes - One8 does not currently make a junior size run, so start here for young players.
- All cricket shoes - every brand, spike type and size we stock.
Looking after the pair you buy matters as much as the pair you choose. Spike keys, replacement studs, insoles and shoe bags are in cricket shoe accessories.
Yes. One8 is Virat Kohli's own performance label, and the Cover Drive 18 cricket range is co-created with him. It is not a licensing badge applied to someone else's shoe.
The Cover Drive 18 is designed as a batting spike. It has a low-cut collar rather than the high-cut ankle support most fast bowlers want for front-foot impact. Batters, all-rounders and fielders are the right fit. Front-line fast bowlers should look at a high-cut bowling model instead.
No. Metal spikes are for natural turf only. On matting, artificial turf or any hard surface, use rubber studs. Metal on those surfaces damages the pitch, is banned by most US leagues, and gives you no grip.
Sonic Foam is One8's midsole cushioning compound. It is a lightweight, responsive foam intended to return energy on takeoff rather than simply absorb impact, which is what you want when you are pushing off for a quick single.
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